The MP and former head of the Kharkiv regional state administration Mikhail Dobkin during the interrogation in the Obolon court April 18, expressed the opinion that the fugitive Viktor Yanukovych should have stayed on the territory of Ukraine, even under conditions of threat to life.

According to the politician, Yanukovych was in mortal danger after shooting on Maidan in February 2014.

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“All my negativity to Yanukovych, which I allowed myself to vent publicly, is that he, even knowing she would die, and he probably knew that was going to die, he must remain and die. He is the head of state, is elected for this position, must realize that a time may come,” – said Dobkin.

He also added that in Kharkov Yanukovych arrived a confident guy, and left town as if older than 10 years.

We will remind, in November of 2016, the Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko announced the suspicion of treason Viktor Yanukovych in the premises of Sviatoshynsky court, being in direct contact with the Rostov court, where the President is a fugitive. Yanukovych is accused of committing treason, aiding the authorities of the Russian Federation, intentional acts committed for the purpose of modifying the boundaries of the territory and the state border of Ukraine. Obolon court of Kyiv allowed the special court proceedings in the case of Viktor Yanukovych.

Yanukovych threatens till 15 years of imprisonment. The court also considers case about the involvement of Yanukovych and his henchmen before the shootings on the Maidan in winter 2014.

April 18, in the case of Yanukovych, the court interrogated the MP and former head of Kharkiv regional state administration Mikhail Dobkin. He spoke about the recent visit of Yanukovych in Kharkov and that he was going to arrange “tours” in regions of Ukraine after the shooting of activists on the Maidan.